Café restaurants in New Orleans
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Café du Monde
Du Monde is overrated, but you're probably gonna go there, so here goes: the coffee is decent and the beignets (square, sugar-coated fritters) are inconsistent. The atmosphere is off-putting: you're a number forced through the wringer, trying to shout over Bob and Fran while they mispronounce 'jambalaya' and a street musician badly mangles John Lennon's 'Imagine.' At least it's open 24 hours - you might be able to capture some measure of noir-ish cool as the drunks stumble past in the Edward Hopper-esque wee hours.
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CC’s Coffee House
Community Coffee has been a staple in most Louisiana homes since 1919. This corner cafe is its French Quarter outpost, and it’s a good spot for perching, caffeine sipping, net surfing and the rest. Its very sweet ice-coffee blends are a treat on hot days.
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Café Beignet
In a shaded patio setting with a view of Royal St, this intimate cafe serves small meals over the counter. French-style omelets stuffed with ham, Belgian waffles and beignets are all a good start to the day, while quiches and sandwiches make up the simple lunch fare. There’s a low-level war among foodies over who does the better beignet, here or Café du Monde, with the general consensus being the former uses less powdered sugar as a topping. Whether this makes Café Beignet beignets better is all down to your sweet tooth and tolerance for mess making.
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Flora Gallery & Coffee Shop
Flora is almost the perfect New Orleans cafe. If you could smoke inside, as in the old days, it’d be 10 out of 10. No offense nonsmokers, but this is just the sort of place – madcap art, antique store furniture, a vibe that jukes between folk and punk rock, lush gardens and a perfect Parisian bohemian atmosphere – that demands the accompaniment of clouds of tobacco smoke. Alas, the latter isn’t there, but for the majority of you readers, that only makes the great Flora better.
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Refuel
New Orleans has no shortage of coffee shops, but most of them are more cute and cozy as opposed to cool. This hip cafe adds a bit of much-needed chic to the local coffee culture scene, but it’s hardly pretentious; service here is some of the friendliest in town. The staff serve fresh food such as Baja omelets with avocado, but New Orleans mainstays like grits keep the kitchen rooted, as it should be, in the South.
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Orange Couch
This is an icebox-cool cafe, all Ikea-esque furniture, polished stone flooring, pierced types behind the counter, local artwork and photography on the walls, graffitied up restrooms and, yes, an orange leather couch in the midst of it all. It’s very much Marigny, the sort of place where a tattooed attorney with dyed-black hair takes out a Mac and a book on tort law and cracks away at work for hours.
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Kahve Royale
Kahve is a bit more lo-fi than other Marigny cafes. It’s cash only and the entire place feels a bit like it was assembled on a shoestring. This, of course, is the romance of the place, the most rustically charming caffeine haven in the neighborhood. The friendly service obviously doesn’t hurt.
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Croissant D'Or Patisserie
This ancient and spotlessly clean pastry shop is where many Quarter locals start their day. Bring a paper, order coffee and a croissant and bliss out. On your way in, check out the tiled sign on the threshold that says 'ladies entrance' - a holdover from pre-feminist days that is no longer enforced.
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Fair Grinds
Fair Grinds is simultaneously airy and comfy and hip and unpretentious, and the coffee’s good to boot. It showcases local art and generally acts as the beating heart of Mid-City’s bohemian scene; plus it supports, through donations and promotions, any number of community development associations.
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Royal Blend
Has a pleasant courtyard in which to sip coffee and chew a toasted bagel and other baked goods. They also serve a passable gumbo and light lunch fare. The courtyard is a free wi-fi zone.
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